NATIONAL WOMEN'S EVENTS BY RUSS EWALD MEN'S EVENTS BY KAREN CROUSE

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MONTEREY PARK, Calif.--Nine months after the , the nation's top swimmers returned to for the 1985 Phillips 66/U.S. Short Course National Championships at East Los Angeles College. Instead of competing in the modern pool at the University of Southern California in downtown Los Angeles with thousands of fans watching, the elite of U.S. swimming performed several miles east in an L.A. suburb's junior college pool before a few hundred spec- tators. Gone was the pageantry and colorful banners, the worldwide attention, the massive media covei'age. The swimmers were starting over. Ahead is the World Championships next year in Madrid and the opportunity to finally face the Communist Bloc countries that boy- cotted the 1984 Games. And further in the future is the 1988 Games in , Korea. This year there's the Pan Pacific Swimming Associa- tion meet in August in featuring the leading com- petitors from the , Canada, and the host country. But the meet apparently hasn't cap- tured the imagination of American swimmers. When asked if she was going to the Pan Pacific, Olympic double gold medalist replied, "I'm not sure yet." The Pan Pacific team will be chosen from the USS E Long Course Nationals in early August at Mission L~ Viejo, Calif. The tangible reward from the Short Course g Championships was a trip to the Monaco Invitational in May for the top point scorers. The leading women's scorers were Cohen, Mission Viejo, 76; , unattached, 70; Juliane Golden Bear Aquatics" has hurled himself into position as Brossman, Paramus, 64; , Coronado, 551/2; America's newest star sprinter. His recent national victories and Amer- , Industry Hills, 51; and , ican records provide an impressive start for those on the road to 1988. unattached, 43. The men's top scorers were Mike O'Brien, Mission awards for performances in the 200 . Hud- Viejo, 75; , Parkway, 64; , In- son was sixth in the women's and Yakota 16th in the dustry Hills, 58; Matt Biondi, Golden Bear, 57; and Dan men's. Jorgensen, Mission Viejo, 49. Mission Viejo won its 41st and 42nd national team Coming off the Olympic fanfare with the lack of a titles by capturing the women's and combined. Because major meet this season, the swimmers set only two no one is sure when combined titles were first awarded, American records. Both came in the opening-day 1000 it's uncertain whether Mission bettered Santa Clara's freestyle and both were set by Mission Viejo swimmers. all-time record for the most team titles. U.S. Swimming Tiffany Cohen went 9:28.32 to better 's said Santa Clara has 43 based on former Santa Clara four-year-old mark of 9:29.97. Mike O'Brien did 8:47.38 coach ' memory, while Swimming World to erase Kostoff's 8:48.57 set in 1983 and win the meet's research puts the number at 42. In any case, the Nada- Phillips Performance Award. dores will probably better the record in its home pool The rookies of the meet were eighteen-year-old this summer at the Long Course Nationals. Nadine Hudson of the Buena Swim Club in Ventura and The men's winner was Holmes Lumber of Gainesville, Mark Yakota, 17, from Mission Viejo. Both earned their Fla., which edged Mission, 376 to 3641/2. Swimming World/May 1985 55 USS NATIONALS con..ue~ Women's Events On the final night of the USS Indoors, there was a great deal of nostalgia when gold medals were presented to members of the U.S. Olympic team who swam in the morning heats of the relays. Swimming celebrities, in- cluding 1984 gold medalists and , handed out the awards as members of the Olympic band played the same music they did for the Games' ceremonies last July in Los Angeles. However, there are several Olympians in women's swimming who haven't traded their swimsuits for the gold in public speaking appearances and endorsements. Post-Olympic blues conquered, they showed they're still the best in U.S. swimming, winning 10 of the 14 individ- ual events. The only races escaping them were the breast- strokes, where didn't appear because of college studies and Susan Rapp because of an injury, and the IMs, where all three (Caulkins, Nancy Hogshead and Sue Heon) are now retired. Tiffany Cohen headed the Olympic contingent with a triple in the distance freestyles including an American o record in the 1000. Mary T. Meagher and Betsy Mitchell "6 doubled in the butterfly and , while Jenna Michelle Griglione (left) won her first national title, winning the 400 Johnson, and won the 50, 100 IM as she had at this year's USS International meet. Mary Wayte and 200 freestyles, respectively. repeated her Olympic 200 freestyle win with a victory at Nationals. But their level of performance wasn't near last sum- mer's. Just one American and meet record was set, and tional championships in 1981; that was in the infrequently-swum 1000 by Cohen. Al- • the 200 breaststroke and 400 IM were the second though the East Los Angeles pool is considered fast with slowest first-place times since 1977. 10 American records falling the last time the Indoors In 1977, the last year American women were coming were held there in 1979, the following lows occurred: off an Olympics, 12 national records were set. So the • the 1650, 100 breaststroke, 200 IM and 400 medley poor performances can't be traced to a post-Games let- and freestyle relays were the slowest winning times since down. However, the difference may be that in 1977 the 1977 at a short course nationals; women were more motivated to do well after winning • the 50 was the slowest since it was added to the na- only one gold medal at the 1976 Games. With the Com- munist Bloc boycott of the past Olympics, the Ameri- cans won 10 of 13 women's events. Betsy Mitchell was a redshirt at this year, but at Nationals she was red hot, streaking to wins in both the 100 and 200 backstrokes. Secondly, superstars are a vanishing breed in U.S. women's swimming. With the retirement of Caulkins, Sippy Woodhead and Kim Linehan, Meagher is the only active American female swimmer to have set a world record. Cohen, who has done everything except better a world mark, extended her distance freestyle unbeaten streak at short course national meets to nine with her triple. She's now won 17 national titles. In the 1000, Tiffany tailed 1S-year-old Mission Viejo teammate Kim Brown the opening 400 before taking the lead. The two swam together until Cohen gradually pulled away the final 250 meters to win in 9:28.32, bet- tering Kim Linehan's American record of 9:29.97 set three years ago. Brown finished in 9:31.71 to become the third-fastest performer of all time. "I didn't know what the record was," said Cohen, "so I just swam my race and tried to have fun. I had a hard time getting motivated after the NCAAs." The 1000 was the only event swum on the first day of Nationals, which Tiffany said made it difficult "to get into the meet (emotionally)." o "6 She said she tried to find the clock during her race, but the sun, shining through the windows on the south

58 Swimming World/May 1985 Jenna Johnson jumped out of the 100 free (she was DQed), and was With Kim Rhodenbaugh and Susan Rapp as no-shows, Jenny Hau had touched out in the 100 fly by Mary T., but won the title in the 50 free. the chance to surprise the field of breaststrokers with a win in the 100. side of the pool, was in her eyes. She also looked for her "This meet is more low-key than the NCAAs because club coach, , but couldn't find him either. of the team goal there," said Cohen. "Although we are Cohen and Brown were also alone during the final- going for a team title here, too." day 1650. Tiffany didn't pull away from Kim until the Brossman did a career-best 4:40.18 to become the last six laps. She won in 16:00.83, almost seven seconds sixth-fastest performer ever. slower than her NCAA victory two weeks ago and well "I was happy with my race," she said. "I paced it like I off her American record of 15:46.54. wanted and hung in there. It was the most fun I've had "! was tired tonight," Cohen said. "It was a long meet, racing. This was my best race because I got back the and this was my second taper so I was swimming to lead once after giving it up and she didn't catch me till win." the end." Brown's runner-up time of 16:02.41 was a career best. Both Cohen and Mary Wayte, who edged Brossman Asked if she would have gone faster if Kim had, Tiffany in the 200, talked during the meet about taking it easy answered, "I think so. She has never beaten me, and I this summer before training hard for the 1986 World didn't want her to this time." Championships in Madrid. But Brossman warned, "I Early in the race the overhead lights went out in the don't think they can afford to not work hard because swim stadium, leaving the competitors to swim by the I'm going to be there. If they don't want to (work hard), underwater lights. that's fine, but I'm going to." "It kind of distracted me," Cohen said. "I didn't think Cohen wasn't the only performer to perpetuate an un- about the pain for awhile, wondering if they'd stop the beaten streak. Meagher won the 200 butterfly to give race. I didn't want to start over." her 11 victories in a row at a Nationals (short or long Tiffany got a challenge from another young phenom course) in that event. Mary T. finished 20th in the 200 in the 500. Paramus' Juliane Brossman, a Fairlawn (N.J.) fly prelims of her first Nationals in 1978 and hasn't lost High School junior who almost beat the GDR's Astrid since. Strauss at the USS International, was in front for most Texas sophomore Kara McGrath, runner-up to Meag- of the race. But a strong final turn got Cohen the lead, her in the NCAAs, qualified first in 1:58.04, but in the and she held it to win in 4:39.63, ninth fastest of all final it was all T. after the opening 50 yards. She hit the time. wall in 1:55.11, slightly better than her 1:55.13 at "The last turn I swam into and got out of well," NCAAs and the fifth-fastest of all time. She holds the described Cohen. "My final 75 picked up and I put in American record of 1:52.99 set in 1981. my kick the last 50. That gave me the victory. I was "I was going for a good time at the NCAAs," said happy to hold my kick which I never really tried Meagher, a sophomore at California. "But I swam faster before." here, I think, because the 200 fly was on the first day Cohen went faster at the NCAAs, doing 4:37.90, and while at NCAAs it was on the last day when I was tired her all-time best is 4:37.84, which is second to Tracy from having swum so many races. Caulkins' American record of 4:36.25. "It's a different kind of swimming for me now. Before, Swimming World/May 1985 57 USS NATIONALScon.nue~ Retail Stores and swimming IJlJORLD there was a lot of expectations hanging over my head. 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58 Swimming World/May 1985 USS NATIONALS :on,nued never done much in the 200. Her career best was just 2:00.89 before this meet. She almost gave up on it after finishing eight body lengths behind the leader in eighth place at last year's USS International. "When she came to Texas, she didn't want to swim the 200," said Longhorn coach . "She was a real baby about it." Quick now has the top three backstrokers in America. Texas sophomores Debbie Risen and , who passed up the Nationals, won the NCAA 100 and 200 backs, respectively. "They're the two toughest girls I've trained with," said Mitchell, who said her transfer was more that she wanted to go to Texas than it was to leave Carolina. "It's great at Texas. I like the winning attitude of the swimmers there. ''~ Betsy took pleasure that her times were better than her teammates' winning marks at the NCAAs. "We're all good friends," she said, "but it's always satisfying to know you're the best." Fifteen-year-old Michelle Griglione from Virginia, the only high school performer to double, may have thought the same thing. Griglione burst to the forefront of the swimming world in last year's USS International when she bettered Tracy Caulkins' 13-14 national age group record in the 200 meter individual medley with a 2:17.85. Caulkins' mark lasted seven years. However, at last summer's Nationals Michelle came away empty-handed in the IMs, finishing second to Australia's Michelle Pearson in the 200 and to an even younger (by nine months) of German- town (Pa.) Academy in the 400. The 400 was a sensa- tional race where both Hansen (4:45.58) and Griglione (4:45.75) went more than two seconds faster than the silver-medal time at the Olympics." Erika bettered Caulkins' 13-14 NAG record in her win and also topped Griglione's 13-14 NAG mark in the 200 IM with her 2:17.09 for third place. This season, though, Hansen was slowed by a bout with the chicken pox that forced her to miss the USS In- ternational and earlier by surgery to remove a cyst in one of her shoulders. She said prior to her races she felt ready, but she couldn't match Griglione in either of the IMs. , just 14 and also from Virginia, held the lead for the initial 50 yards of the 400 IM before Michelle took over and was never headed. Griglione moved out to a length advantage over Hansen by the end of the backstroke, a length-and-a-half on the breast- stroke and won by that margin in 4:13.67. Her time, a bit slower than Mary Wayte's 4:13.27 NCAA victory, makes Michelle the fifth-fastest performer. "There's no way you know if you're going to win, but in the morning I took it easy," said Griglione, who qual- ified in 4:19.18 compared to Hansen's 4:17.96. "I like to go for it in the morning but not in the 400 IM. "My coach (Rick Curl) said I should be even at 200 yards. I'was ahead so I felt good. I was watching Erika and Tiffany (Cohen, who was third in 4:i7.26 behind Hansen's 4:15.19) the whole race. My mother said I Swimming World/May 1985 59 USS NATIONALSoon,..~

turned my head to look at Erika throughout the breast- stroke, although I didn't realize it." Griglione won the 200 IM by an even bigger margin than the 400. In the prelims, she qualified in 2:01.81, faster than Kim Rhodenbaugh's 2:01.93 which won the NCAAs. Michelle was on top from the start in the finals, splitting in 25.93, 56.12 and 1:31.15 on her way to a 2:00.64 to become the fifth-fastest performer ever. "I knew Betsy (Mitchell) and Erika were out fast in the morning," Michelle explained about her own quick beginning. Hansen, well back after a 27.05 fly leg, could do only 2:03.54 for second after going 2:03.38 in the morning. Mitchell, suffering from a horrendous start, also was slower in the evening with a 2:05.02 for sixth compared to a 2:03.84 in her heat. Griglione felt her inability to win at last year's USS Outdoors helped in the preparation for this meet. "It made me go back and work really hard," she said. ~6o "Now I know I will have to work hard because Erika will go back and work hard." It's a bird, it's a plane, it's . . . well, whatever it was, it left Mary T. Because she's done so well at such a young age, and is Meagher wide-eyed (and bushy-tailed?). In the butterfly, however, an IMer, Michelle faces the inevitable comparisons to the triple Olympic gold medalist could have won with her eyes closed. Caulkins. "Who knows if we (Erika and Michelle) can catch tious. When I saw it was on Dara, I knew it would be her," she responded. "I havea lot of respect for that (400 hard to do my best time." yard IM) record (4:04.63). That's a goal, though. Holmes Lumber's Mary Wayte, the Olympic gold "This meet is a good sign. However, I've been taught medalist in the 200 freestyle, was only the third-fastest that yards are nice but meters are what counts." qualifier behind Steinseifer and Brossman in her special- What counted most in the sprints was the no false start ty. However, in the final, she was aided by "rabbit" rule which is in its second year of operation at the Na- Jenna Johnson and went out faster than usual with a tionals. The sprints were much anticipated because of 52.12 split to Johnson's 51.16. Mary passed Johnson on the clash between high school seniors Jenna Johnson and the next lap and won in 1:46.70 as Brossman's rally was Dara Torres, members of last year's Olympic gold medal too late. 400 freestyle relay team. Johnson holds the American 'Tm glad Jenna went out fast," said Wayte. "She was record for short course 100 meters and Torres the world in the lane beside me where I could see her easily. My best for long course 50 meters. But neither swam those second half is the strongest part of my race, so I'm glad yard equivalents because of disqualifications. she made me go out." Johnson and Torres lined up in the same heat of the The breaststroke is traditionally the weakest event in 100, but then Jenna was removed for a false start. Dara U.S. women's swimming. It was diluted even further at went out and blazed a career-best 48.99, eighth-fastest the Nationals with the absence of Rapp and Rhoden- of all time. In the final Torres wasn't pressed and only baugh. Thus, the 100 went to 15-year-old Jenny Hau, improved to 48.91 with Mary Wayte almost a length the youngest winner at the meet, and the 200 to Great back in second at 50.08. Britain's Susannah Brownsdon, who didn't even rest for "With what I did in the morning, I thought I'd do bet- the meet. ter than I did at night," said Torres, who swam for Mis- In a blanket finish, Hau nipped Stanford's Kathy sion Viejo but trained under Don LaMont at USC. Smith in 1:03.08 with the top five separated by only "When I got in the water, it didn't feel good. I was really four-tenths. Jenny, who swims for Mission City in hurting. Saratoga, Calif., has made rapid improvement in only "I was disappointed that Jenna and Carrie (Steinseifer) her third Nationals. She was 24th a year ago and fourth weren't swimming. It would have got me going more." last summer. Although Steinseifer was at the meet, she didn't swim "I can't believe I won," exclaimed Hau, who added the 100, her gold medal event at the Olympics. Instead, this was the first time she's ever been interviewed. "I'm she competed in the 200 free, both backstrokes and the on Cloud 9. 200 IM, saying, "This is a fun Nationals for me." "I swam my own race. In the morning I was looking Torres qualified first in the 50 at 22.74 with Johnson over at Tracey (McFarlane) and blew it (qualifying following at 22.84. After Dara's false start in the final, fourth)." 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On the first night of the meet, he had the meet's only American record on the men's side in the 1000 and now, in the last individual event, he was flipping ahead of record pace. When that fact was announced over the loudspeaker, the onlookers in the stands, who had seemed laid back even by Southern California stan- dards, came to life. In the water, O'Brien was also getting excited. He knew he had a shot at Jeff Kostoff's domestic mark because the numbers on his counter were swinging from side to side--a signal from a Mission Viejo teammate SMU's Tom Genz missed NCAAs this year with eligibility problems. that he was on record pace. But that didn't slow him down at Nationals. He won both breaststrokes. But still the 19-year-old Nadadore worried. "I was trying to figure out why I wasn't dying," he'd say later. The freshman at the University of Southern California think I was overtapered. I felt real tired. I couldn't have never died, but he did fall off Kostoff's pace at the end, swum a 200 if I'd tried now." finishing three seconds over the record at 14:41.57. In the 200, Brownsdon qualified second to Kathy The 1650 was O'Brien's 18th swim in a period of nine Smith and trailed Smith through the opening 100 before days, covering the National Collegiate Athletic Associa- taking the lead for good. She won by more than a sec- tion Division I Championships in Austin and the USS ond in 2:15.11 with 15-year-old Melissa Skinner from Mission Viejo moving up the last lap to place second. Matt Biondi proved that his performance at NCAAs (two American Brownsdon, a 19-year-old freshman at the University records) wasn't a one-time shot, by duplicating his freestyle wins. of Calgary in Canada, only came to the meet because "it was on my coach's (Deryk Snelling) schedule." She said she peaked earlier in the year for the Canadian Indoor Nationals and did her best 200 two weeks after that, going 2:30.26 in a short course meters race. "We're in hard training now," said Brownsdon, who was seventh in the 200 breaststroke in the Olympics last year. "I think I swam well because there wasn't any pressure." Susannah said she decided to go to college in Canada because "my country doesn't support swimming on the collegiate level." She applied at Leeds College in England but was told she'd have to give up swimming. "I went to Canada instead of an American college because most British swimmers don't do well in the United States," she said. "They put on weight in Amer- ica. Also, I like meter training better than yards, and my coach is so good." Mission Viejo took two of the three relays, Cohen, Torres and UCLA junior Diane Graner swam on both winning Nadadore teams in the 400 medley (3:47.29) and freestyle (3:21.84). McFarlane in the medley and Pernille Nimb in the freestyle completed Mission's quartets. Holmes Lumber, with Wayte passing Mission's Cohen on a 1:46.16 anchor leg, captured the 800 freestyle relay in 7:13.94. Holly Green, Joan Franz and Laureen Welt- ing swam the opening three legs. 62 Swimming World/May 1985 USS N ATIO NALS co,,,,,,,~,~ short course finals at East Los Angeles College. It was also his final swim, for which O'Brien was ob- viously thankful. Minutes after the race, while he accepted congratula- tions from passersby and juggled the first-place medal from the 1650, the Performance of the Meet plaque for his 8.47.38 effort in the 1000 and the silver tray awarded to the top male point scorer, O'Brien said, "I'm glad it's overl "It was hard to come back from NCAAs and swim here. My body was starting to get really tired toward the end. But I'm pleased with how I swam. I'd say I ex- ceeded my expectations for this meet. "I had never been faced with two big meets in a row, so I wasn't sure what to expect from myself here. I just came in with the attitude that whatever happened, hap- pened." That seemed to be the prevalent attitude among the collegians who chose to compete in Los Angeles. And there were quite a few, including all the event winners from Austin. Even though the NCAA meet had left most of them For USC's Mike O'Brien, it was two American records in two weeks. drained both physically and mentally, After a record 500 freestyle at NCAAs, he opened Nationals by crack- said, "Just because it isn't the NCAAs, it doesn't mean ing the 1000 free mark opening night. He also won the 500 and 1650. you should blow it off. The USS Nationals are still an important meet." styler I have ever swum against," was second with a Matt Biondi, a standout performer in both Austin and 1:36.67. East Los Angeles, added, "I think it's an honor to be able The opportunity to swim against the best one last to compete here." time before yards turns to meters is what brought Biondi The 19-year-old Biondi had just broken two American to the meet in the first place. records and recorded three lifetime bests in Austin. This "The more you compete, the better off you're going to short course championship was only the University of be and that's one of the reasons I came--to get some California sophomore's second appearance at a USS na- more racing experience," he said. tional competition. "Sometimes I wish I could be the fastest, unquestion- Had he not participated in the indoor meet last ably. But realistically, that wouldn't be good because spring, his victories in the 100 and 200 free here would competition is what it's all about--it raises the stan- have surely given him the lock on Rookie of the Meet dards of performance." honors. Parkway's Tom Jager agreed. "It's great to have that In the shorter race, Biondi cruised to a 42.32, just pressure. I'm sure it makes me swim faster." five-tenths off his American record but a full second In the 50 free, no one was quicker than the junior at ahead of ' meet mark. UCLA who sped to a 19.58, erasing 's meet After the race, Biondi said he was pleased with the record of 19.85. time because "to tell you the truth, I've been real tired The versatile 20-year-old also placed second in the since the NCAA meet. Coming back the next week and 100 free, third in the 100 back and eighth in the 100 fly, trying to do the same times or better isn't easy. I thought scoring enough points to reach his goal for the meet, that if I went a 42-plus, that would be a big accomplish- which was to qualify for the six-man, six-woman U.S. ment." team bound for Monaco in May (the top six scorers Biondi should know better than anyone about big ac- among the men and women were extended invitations). complishments since his short course season was filled An international trip also proved to be the major with them. Before this year--to give just one example-- motivating factor for , who was swimming he had never broken 44 seconds in the 100 yard free, yet in only his third meet since winning gold medals in both the 6-6, 200 pounder now has a best of 41.87 and pos- backstroke events at the 1984 Games. sesses the top two times ever recorded in the event. Carey has spent the months since his Olympic tri- In the 200 free, he has also dropped his time consider- umphs at home in New York, attending classes ("and ably--from a best in 1984 of 1:36.56 to a 1:33.22 in doing real well in them," he is quick to add), dabbling in Austin. He was just tenths off that effort here as he ob- martial arts and coaching age group swimmers. literated 's old meet record of 1:35.06 with "That," he says of his last endeavor, '.'is something I a 1:33.97. vowed I'd never do, but I find myself really enjoying it." Holmes Lumber's , a member of the U.S. In East Los Angeles, he enjoyed defending his 1983 800 freestyle relay which won an Olympic gold medal titles in both backstrokes. His times of 48.98 in the 100 last summer and.the man Biondi calls "the best 200 free- and 1:44.93 in the 200 surprised him. m,- Swimming World/May 1985 63 USS NATlONALScon,nu~a

"The speed wasn't there in the 100, but I went faster than I expected in the 200. I hadn't been feeling that good in the water before the meet, so I set my goal at just placing in the top 16 or better in my events so I'd be eligible for the Student Games in Japan. If it hadn't been for them, I might not have even come here." Tom Genz, a freshman at Southern Methodist Univer- sity, also considered foregoing the meet since it coin- cided with the Mustang's spring break. "I could think of a lot of fun things I could have done instead," said the 19-year-old. Genz' penchant for having fun rendered him aca- demically ineligible to swim for SMU back in Decem- ber. As he explained, "It took me awhile to get accus- tomed to college life. I'd go out at night and have fun just like I used to do, but with morning workouts and all, I'd get so tired during the day that I'd sleep instead of going to classes. I learned pretty quick that you can't do that." He also learned that it's not easy to train alone because he found himself doing that more often than not in the weeks leading to Nationals. Rick Carey showed his form hasn't suffered from foregoing his senior "I sometimes didn't get much accomplished," he said year at the University of Texas. He easily won both backstroke events. of those solitary practices, which is why Genz went into the 200 breast--an event he hates anyway because he's afraid of dying at the end--not harboring any great ex- pectations. Matt Rankin did what no other male high school swimmer could do But Genz qualified fifth in the event in the prelims, this year. Rankin won an individual event, the 400 IM, at Nationals. and in the finals, he didn't die. In fact, he passed a number of people the last 100, including the leaders, Jon Ulibarri of Arkansas and of Southern Cali- fornia Aquatics, to capture his first national title. His time of 1:58.97 was his best by three seconds. Uli- barri took second with a 1:59.48, just one-hundredth ahead of Moffet. Minutes after the race, Genz was still in shock. "Don't ask me how I did it . . . I wasn't expecting this at all," he kept muttering. "This was a fluke as far as I'm concerned. If this happened in the 200, then I can't wait for the 100... " Genz won that event, too, but found nothing exciting about his time of 54.70. "It should have been a 53+, but I didn't have any speed. I didn't feel good at all. But I'm not going to com- plain-I'll take the medal," he said before hitting the hot tub for a little post-meet R&R. The only things Anthony Mosse, the winner of the 200 fly, wanted to hit after the meet were his books. "I have so much studying to catch up on," lamented the 20-year-old freshman at Stanford. A master catch-up artist, Jon Sieben of Mission Viejo finished second to Mosse. Sieben, who had come from behind to win the Olympic gold medal in the 200 fly last summer, looked like he was going to repeat the feat. He touched fifth at the 100, but by 175 yards he had caught Mosse. The two matched each other stroke for stroke the last 25, but Sieben botched up his finish and wound up with a 1:45.12 to Mosse's 1:45.06. "The time didn't matter--I didn't care about it at all," Mosse later said. "1 just wanted to win it." If short course times tend to make little impression on //i Mosse, it's probably because until this season the native 84 Swimming World/May 1985 USS NATIONALScontinued of New Zealand had never raced at any distance not The Florida team has been dominant in men's com- measured in meters--neither, for that matter, had petition the last few years, but it was Mission that won Sieben, who hails from Australia. the title at last year's Indoors. While Mission had a good "It (short course yards) takes a lot of getting used to," showing in the distance free events this year, they placed Mosse said. "I still have to work on a few things. My only three other swimmers in the top 8 in other races stroke is much shorter and that changed my rhythm. I ( in the 100 and 200 freestyles, Jon Sieben in still haven't been able to get my timing down, and my the 200 fly and Jon Ballack in the 200 back). turns are pathetic." It wasn't enough to overcome the depth shown by the Pablo Morales, the American record holder in the 200 Florida team. fly and Mosse's teammate at Stanford, didn't swim the While Holmes Lumber did not win a single event race at East Los Angeles--he was 400 miles up the coast, (their highest finishers were second-place winners Mike attending some of his classes instead. Heath in the 200 free and in the 500), But he made it to the meet in time to handily win both they placed nine swimmers in the top 8, many in multi- the 200 IM (1:47.71) and the 100 fly (his 47.03 in the ple events, and held a slight lead over Mission going finals was just a tad slower than his meet record of 46.95 into the final relay of the meet, the 400 medley. in the prelims). With only 71/2 points separating the two teams, Randy Though the lanky junior can now lay claim to the five Reese had to make certain his Holmes Lumber relay fastest all-time swims in the sprint fly race, Morales is finished no worse than two spots back of the Mission not about to let up one bit. team. "You can never become lethargic about your swims If he sweat much, he didn't need to. The Gators were because the second you do, you'll get beat." second, behind the Golden Bear team, beating Mission And then, sounding older than his 20 years, "We have 2:57.40-2:58.85. a young crop of swimmers to watch out for--they're The Golden Bears swept the men's relays, collecting moving up quite fast." nearly half of their 2821/2 points in those three events, One of them is Matt Rankin, an 18-year-old from and finishing third in the team standings. Multnomah Aquatic Club. Rankin, a senior at David Holmes Lumber's win over Mission gave the Gators Douglas High School in Portland, Ore., became the their second straight national title in the men's competi- only non-collegian to step atop the awards stand when tion, re-establishing them as the team to beat. [] he successfully defended his 400 IM crown from last year's long course indoor meet. His second national title didn't come easy. It entailed remaining calm when Carey (swimming the event in na- tional competition for the first time) took a two-body ==LLy. a,,=¢,c" by." length lead over the field after the backstroke (he wound up sixth) and staying confident of his own ability to ta x"'- bring the race home when Jeff Kostoff, the American / ade - mez;c n record holder in the event, 'made his move in freestyle. "Rick scared me to death when he got out so far ahead the firsttwo legs," Rankin said after the race, "but I just tried to forget about everyone else and swim my own Goggl' Cap. This cap is combined race. It would have killed me to try to stay up with him. with ACE Goggles in a manner that allows the cap and goggles Besides, I feel I can bring my last 200 home with any- to hold each other firmly in place. body." Available in latex and lycra in eight colors; two sizes--child Other "kids" making a splash in East Los Angeles were and adult. , a 16-year-old Mission Viejo product Ace Dura-lat~x Cap. 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